Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Before the Commissioner responds, I had intended raising this matter when it came to my own turn at the end. I join Deputy Jack Chambers in addressing this matter briefly. I happen to know Mr. Lunney personally and I am shocked to learn of what has happened. I understand that Mr. Lunney, who is both a director and chief operations officer of Quinn Industrial Holdings, was abducted near his home last evening and was subjected to what only can be described as a most horrific brutal assault. He was taken from his home in Derrylin in County Fermanagh and later dumped in Cornafean in County Cavan.

This is an outrage deserving of wholehearted condemnation. Many of our colleagues are no longer here, having already participated in the direct engagement with the Commissioner, but as Chair of this committee I have every confidence that I speak on behalf of all of us. I believe that the people responsible need to be quickly identified and brought before the courts in either jurisdiction where the full rigours of the law should apply. As Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, joining my colleague, Deputy Jack Chambers, and all others in attendance, I take this opportunity to urge anyone with any information regarding this horrific attack to come forward and co-operate with either the PSNI or An Garda Síochána, as he or she decides most appropriate in his or her circumstances. I am shocked by this. I join Deputy Jack Chambers in urging An Garda Síochána to do everything within its power to bring the people responsible swiftly to justice.